Moo1 best design.
Darlok are my second favorate race. From moo classoc
Start the game with a small empire, don't expand. Kiss everyones butt. Give them anything they ask for. The Darlok live to serve.
Then...
Set research to computers exclusively, and steal absolutely everything else. Frame others for the theft in the process.
Watch the world burn around you, and just scroll along the wreckage taking whatever you please with your super advanced ships they researched for you.